The entomologist R. C. L. Perkins pioneered observations of breeding
site ecology for the endemic Hawaiian Drosophilidae, a renowned group of flies
that has undergone explosive speciation and adaptive radiation into a ...

In a 1989 publication, the 74 species of rust fungi (order Uredinales)
known to occur in Hawai'i were listed, based on newly collected material; herbarium
specimens, principally those at the Bernice P. Bishop Museum ...

Allenbatrachus is described as a new genus for two Indo-West Pacific
species previously known as Batrichthys grunniens (Linnaeus, 1758) and Batrachus
reticulatus (Steindachner, 1870). It is included in the subfamily ...

Ammolabrus dicrus is described as a new genus and species of labrid
fish from O'ahu, Hawaiian Islands. It is characterized by: dorsal rays IX,12; anal
rays III,12; all fin spines flexible; caudal fin small and forked; ...

Bottom surveys and collections on Lo'ihi Seamount, Hawai'i, revealed
two distinct and recurrent benthic communities. One comprises bacterial mats and
is closely associated with hydrothermal vents. The other consists of ...

Occurrence and distribution of various species of benthic marine algae
in Fiji and Rotuma were investigated, with the resulting floras being subjected to
comparison indices (Jaccard) both between themselves and with ...

A total of 49 families and 399 species of fishes was recorded from
the reef area around Taiping Island (Itu Aba Island) in the Spratlys (Nansha Islands),
located at 114°21'-114°23' E, 10°22'-10°23' N. Data were collected ...

As one means of assessing the impact of the past 100 yr of development
and biological alteration in Hawai'i, the damselfly (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) and
carabid beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) collections of R. C. L. ...

Endolithic algae inhabiting skeletons of living corals appear to be
adapted to an extreme environment created by the coral. However, measurements
on three coral species from the genus Porites revealed that these corals ...

Five species of Halobates are specially adapted to a pelagic life. They
all occur in the Pacific Ocean, each with a well-defined zoogeographical range.
Only two species were caught in a series of samples collected between ...

The monophyletic, native Hawaiian Platynini have diversified on the
Hawaiian Island chain through progressive colonization, mixed with vicariance on
the various islands. Single-island endemism stands at 97% of the species, ...

Composition of the Hawaiian Miridae is unusual in the preponderance
of the subfamily Orthotylinae, with at least 10 independent colonizations. Most of
these colonizations appear to have Indo-Pacific origins, but at least ...

Among the 16 or so recognized families of Coccoidea, only Pseudococcidae
and the small, specialized Halimococcidae are represented in the endemic
Hawaiian fauna. Why other large coccoid families failed to establish there ...

Numerous groups of herbivorous insects in the Hawaiian archipelago
have undergone adaptive radiations. R. C. L. Perkins collected and documented
species in nearly all of these groups. In this study I tested whether ...